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Yes, I had the tank set up already. I thought it had even time to cycle through but maybe not. I put him in a different tank at first because I didn't know how my betta and tetra would react to each other. Could a nitrate/nitrite problem cause this sort of sickness? Maybe I'm reading my labels...

No, it was a hospital tank I set up while he was still in the other tank. I have been doing partial water changes and cleaning gravel every time I do. I do have to use tap water. I treat it with water conditioner and ammonia treatment since my water can be kinda harsh. Out of the tap my water...

I got him from petco back at the beginning of April. It didn't post as a picture but if you click the link under the pic you can see what Charlie looks like now.

Here is the before and after. The blue is when we first got him and him laying on his side green and sad is right now. This all happened within a month, if that, and I'm very distraught over my poor baby. He doesn't deserve this. Could it be velvet? The fact that he has been hanging on this long...

Hello, this is (unfortunately) my first post because I don't know where else to go. My poor betta Charlie got sick a long while ago, I would say about a month ago. At first I thought he was just constipated due to being overfed pellet food. He was still able to swim but was staying on his side...